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5-letter words ending in K

There are 177 five-letter words ending in K in our word list. 58 of them are common everyday words, such as THINK, BLACK, BREAK and CHECK.

Words
177
Common words
58
Top score
QUICK
20 points

K is often silent before N at the start of a word (KNEE, KNIFE, KNOW). At the end it usually follows C, as in BACK, NECK and QUICK.

Five-letter words are the format of the most popular daily word guessing games. A strong first guess uses five different common letters.

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5-letter words (177)

  • think
  • black
  • break
  • check
  • speak
  • thank
  • track
  • block
  • click
  • drink
  • drunk
  • frank
  • greek
  • quick
  • stick
  • stock
  • stuck
  • truck
  • blank
  • brick
  • chick
  • chuck
  • clerk
  • clock
  • crack
  • creek
  • freak
  • knock
  • shark
  • shock
  • shook
  • stack
  • stark
  • thick
  • trick
  • trunk
  • blink
  • brink
  • brock
  • brook
  • chalk
  • cheek
  • chunk
  • cloak
  • crank
  • drank
  • flank
  • flick
  • flock
  • prank
  • slack
  • slick
  • smack
  • snack
  • sneak
  • spark
  • steak
  • wreck
  • bleak
  • brisk
  • crock
  • crook
  • flask
  • kayak
  • kiosk
  • knack
  • plank
  • pluck
  • quack
  • quark
  • quirk
  • shack
  • shank
  • sheik
  • skunk
  • sleek
  • smirk
  • snuck
  • spank
  • speck
  • stalk
  • stink
  • tweak
  • whack
  • whisk
  • aback
  • batik
  • chock
  • clack
  • clank
  • clink
  • creak
  • crick
  • flack
  • fleck
  • frisk
  • frock
  • shirk
  • smock
  • snark
  • spook
  • stank
  • stork
  • thunk
  • wreak
  • amuck
  • baulk
  • caulk
  • chook
  • cluck
  • clunk
  • croak
  • flunk
  • plonk
  • plunk
  • shuck
  • skink
  • slink
  • snook
  • stunk
  • taluk
  • tilak
  • wrack
  • alack
  • chirk
  • dreck
  • kapok
  • kulak
  • plink
  • skulk
  • slunk
  • snick
  • stirk
  • swink
  • trank
  • whelk
  • acock
  • brank
  • chark
  • cleek
  • clonk
  • cruck
  • gleek
  • hoick
  • kamik
  • kopek
  • plack
  • prink
  • samek
  • slank
  • steek
  • stook
  • tarok
  • thack
  • umiak
  • apeak
  • apeek
  • brusk
  • drouk
  • hacek
  • kaiak
  • kyack
  • mujik
  • pulik
  • reink
  • sculk
  • shtik
  • smeek
  • smerk
  • sneck
  • torsk
  • traik
  • troak
  • trock
  • tupik
  • wrick
  • yapok

Darker borders mark common everyday words. Rarer words follow in each group.

Good first guesses

These common words use five different letters that appear often in five-letter words, so they rule out the most letters in one guess:

  • speak
  • stark
  • shark
  • break
  • stack

Questions

How many five-letter words ending in K are there?

Our word list has 177 five-letter words ending in K. 58 of them are common everyday words.

What are some common five-letter words ending in K?

The most common are THINK, BLACK, BREAK, CHECK, SPEAK and THANK.

Which five-letter word ending in K scores the most points?

Using standard letter tile values, QUICK scores 20 points, the most of any five-letter word ending in K in our list.

What is a good first guess in a five-letter word game?

Words with five different, frequent letters give you the most information. Good choices from this list are SPEAK, STARK, SHARK and BREAK.

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